On the 13th of february, Elizabeth Jennings will be partecipating at the San Francisco Writers Conference.
She will be talking in a panel dedicated to: MAKING LOVE ON THE PAGE: Putting Passion into Print together with : Rachelle Chase, Men on Fire; Margaret O’Neill Marbury, Executive Editor, Mira Books. Moderator: agent Christine Witthohn
Ah, the magic of books. There is nothing quite like it. A book is like a magic carpet that can whisk you away to 21st century Manhattan, 19th century Russia, 18th century England. To the mean streets of Los Angeles, the shopping streets of Rome, to the new China. Books can sweep you away to nonexistent worlds too, where you will encounter vampires and werewolves and the Fae.
The 7th International Women’s Fiction Festival will be celebrating the power of books to plunge you into another reality. It is the most magical thing about books—their ability to whisk you away to another world. So we’re focusing on those books that take you away—to another time and place, another world, another universe, even. Who doesn’t want to step out of this humdrum life every once in a while? Fantasy, paranormal tales, science fiction, even some historicals and thrillers have that ability to make you live another life in another place, where the rules are different and life marches to a different drummer.
Join us from September 23-26 in the enchanted setting of Matera, Italy and be touched by magic!
Matera Writers' Conference
The 7th International Women’s Fiction Festival Writers’ Conference will be building on its past successes to offer the writer—at whatever point they are in their careers—immensely useful information and contacts at the international level. The unusually intimate ‘feel’ of the writers’ conference is conducive to making new friends and expanding your writing horizons. The Festival will offer intense, groundbreaking workshops guaranteed to add depth and style to your writing. Agents and Editors stand ready to help you make your book the best it can be. This year the WFF Writers Conference will be more interactive, with Ask-the-Agent and Ask-the-Editor free for alls and brainstorming sessions in unusual places. Stay tuned...
Book Marketplace
Our Book Fair —the one-on-one appointments with agents and editors—is a unique opportunity to sell your books to foreign markets, the only writers’ conference where this is possible.
And let’s not forget that all this is happening in Matera, one of the most ancient and beautiful cities on earth, where fabulous food and wine are practically a cult. Soak up the magical atmosphere of the ‘Sassi’ while brainstorming your next book and make new friends over incredible meals. The Women’s Fiction Festival is a feast for all the senses
We hope to see you next year at the WFF
The staff of the International Women's Fiction Festival has worked hard all year to bring you the finest publishing professionals and to provide the most up-to-date information on the ever-changing world of publishing. The Women’s Fiction Festival has been full of interesting and exciting events, where readers have met their favorite authors and writers have got a chance to interact with their reading public and promote their books. We have enjoied our time with writers from all over the world in cocktail parties, happy hours, book signings, book presentations, debates, concerts, readings in the delightful squares and palazzi of Matera, all organized with the light touch and charm that is our hallmark.
Thank you
The Women's Fiction Festival wants to
thank everyone who has made the festival held in Matera from September
24-27 2009 such a success:
The staff of the International Women's Fiction Festival has worked hard all year to bring you the finest publishing professionals and to provide the most up-to-date information on the ever-changing world of publishing. The Women’s Fiction Festival has been full of interesting and exciting events, where readers have met their favorite authors and writers have got a chance to interact with their reading public and promote their books. We have enjoied our time with writers from all over the world in cocktail parties, happy hours, book signings, book presentations, debates, concerts, readings in the delightful squares and palazzi of Matera, all organized with the light touch and charm that is our hallmark.
